Heel-setting clamp.



G. W. JULOW, D. E. SPATHELF & E. SEHL.

HEEL SETTING CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6.1911.

1,245,732. Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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INVENTORS-Z G. W. .IULOW, D. E. SPATHELF & E. SEHL.

HEEL SETTING CLAMP.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6. I9H.

Patented Nov. 6, 1917.

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640% 5 ,45 1 HZ olmf UNITED STATES PATENT orrion GEORGE W. JULOW, DAVIDE. SPATHELF, AND EUGENE SEE-IL, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI,

ASSIGNORS 'IG HAMIILTON-BROWN SHOE COMPANY, OF ST. LOUIS, IWISSOURI, ACOR- IPOBATION OF MISSOURI.

HEEL-SETTING CLAMP.

Patented Nov. 6, 191 7.

Application filed June c, 1917. Serial No. 173,085.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, GEORGE W. JULoW, DAVID E. SPATHELF, and EUGENESEHL, citi- Zens of the United States, residing at'the city of St.Louis, in the State of .Missouri, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements v in Heel-Setting Clamps of which the following is aspecification.

The object of this invention is to provide an efiicient and factory-likemeans for setting the heels of shoes in conjunction with the rest of theshoe, and may be utilized whether the heels are made of wood or othermaterial and whether or not they be of the kind commonly called Frenchheels.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification and inwhich like numbers of reference denote like parts wherever they occur, 7

Figure 1 is a side elevation;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of a shoe with the heel disjoined;

Fig. 3 is aside elevationof such shoe after the heel has been attachedthereto by nailing and with glue,said shoe containing a last and beingsupported ready for clamping for setting purposes; I

Fig. at is a view similar to Fig. 3, but showing the clamp applied, theshoeshown in side elevation in this figure being in the same relation toother parts as the shoe shown on a smaller scale in rear elevation atthe left of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of a-clamp block.

The surface of the heel 1 that is to be applied to the adjoining part ofthe shoe 2 is first gummed with glue and then nailed to the bottom ofthe shoe '2 in the manner now common.

When thus attached to the shoe 2, the forward edge 3 of the heel 1underlies chamfered end 41 of the sole, as shown in Fig. 3. A last 5 isthen inserted in the shoe, the said last containing a socket 6 adaptedto receive the spindle 7 of the support 8 borneprovided for not onlybecause of its block 15 is then inserted betweenv the heel 1 and theclampmember 1 1, and the crank '16 having an angular hole forcooperation with the angular head 17 of the clamp-bar 13 is placed inposition on the said head 17 and upon the crank being revolved the screwthreaded clampbar 13 advances through the screw-threaded socket 18thereby causing clamp-member 14' to bear against clamp-block 15 in "theshown in Fig. 4, in which the clamp-member 1 1 is shown tilted on itspivot 19 so as to present an engaging surface in alinement with thesurface of block 15. Pivot 19 in combination with clamp-member 1 1 maybe (as shown in the drawings) a ball and socket arrangement. Block 15is, also, in alinement with the sole of the shoe'and the bottom of heel1.

shoe, as shown in Fig. 3, and the same has The said tilting of clampmember 14: is"

pivot 19, but also by reason o'fthe fact that the threaded clamp-bar 13is in a vertical plane forward'of the vertical plane of support 8,

which relative arrangement of the support 8 and the clamp-bar 13 has theadditional efl'ect of tending to seat the edge 3 of the heel 1 moretightly under or in contact with the chamfered edge 4 of the sole.

The application of power by crank 16 and clamp-bar 18 and clamp-member14: to clamp-block 15 and thereby pressure to heel 1 while the glue onthe top of heel 1 is still moist causes the said heel to seat firmly andfixedly in its place, and the exertion of this pressure against thesupport afforded the rear part of the shoe by means of last 5 borne bysupport 8 causes the firmer connection of the heel 1 to the shoe bymeans of the retaining nails. In brief, the hereinbefore-describedoperation is that of heel setting for the purpose of firmer and tighterattachment of the heel to the shoe.

The side view shown in Fig. 1 is substantially a duplicate of what wouldbe shown by a view of either of the other three sides of the apparatus,which is preferably constructed rectangular in form, but if desired9011.1 1 be made g lar. vii-velar; ellipti- 70 manner eal, or oblong,its object being to provide a frame-work on which a plurality of theindividual shoe-setting clamps can be placed and on which the shoeswhile setting can be left as long as necessary, each rack or frame assoon as filled being Wheeled away to a convenient place, carrying withit its load of shoes clamped for setting, and another of the said framesor racks with its individual supports empty is rolled into place for thereception of shoes requiring the heelsetting herein described.

The clamping member 14: may extend either longitudinally or laterally orboth, and may be of any suitable shape-circular, square, oblong,elliptical, or triangular. Preferably it will possess extension ofsufficient degree frietionally to engage clampblock 15 and to apply thedesired pressure to the heel as communicated therethrough to theclamp-block 15, which pressure will be communicated perpendicularly tothe said clamp block and which (depending upon the shape of the shoe)may or may not be at an oblique angle to the clamp-bar 13.

Having thus described this invention, we hereby reserve the benefit ofall changes in form, arran ement, order, or use of parts, as it isevident that many minor changes may be made therein without departingfrom the spirit of this invention or the scope of the subjoined claims.

We claim:

1. A heel-setting clamp comprising in combination a shoe support, amember movable toward and from the same, a clamp block of such size asto overlap both the heel and sole of the shoe, and a clamping memberhaving swivel engagement With the first-named member and arranged tobear upon the clamping block.

2. A heel-setting clamp comprising a support for a shoe, alongitudinally-movable compression member, a clamping member and afreely removable clamping block 0. such size as to rest upon both theheel and toe of the shoe and disposed in the path of movement of theclamping member.

A heel-setting clamp comprising a support for a shoe, a threadedadvanceable compression member, a clamping member mounted for universalmovement on the end of the said compression member, and a clamping blockof such size as to engage both the heel and the toe of a shoe anddisposed in the path of movement of the clamping member.

i. A heel-setting clamp comprising a support for a shoe, avertically-disposed screwthreaded clamp bar disposed above and inadvance of said support, a clamping memher, a ball and socket connectionbetween the clamp bar and clamping member, and aclamp block of such sizeas to rest upon both the heel and the sole of the shoe and disposed inthe path of movement of the clamping member.

In a heel-setting clamp the combination with a support for a shoe of arigid element disposed thereabove, a clamping bar threaded for verticalmovement therein, a clamping block of such size as to rest upon both theheel and toe of the shoe, and a clamping member adapted to engage saidbar to clamp the same upon the shoe, said clamping member being capableof move ment to varying angles with respect to the clamping bar duringthe clamping operation.

In testimony whereof we hereunto afiix our signatures.

GEORGE V. JULOlV. DAVID E. SPATHELF. EUGENE SEHL.

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